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FROn TME N-y- EVEMIMG JcURMAL 
ty PeriAUJion, oj WRHear^t 

GK035ET & DUHLAP, N-Y- 



rhe publishers wish ro acknowledge the 
courtesy of Mr. W. R. Hearst in permitting 
the publication ot these drawings in hook torni. 



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Library of Congress 

Two Copies Receivd 
FEB 21 190) 

FIRST COPY 



CofVRK;HTF.I' 1900 AN1> 1 QO I BY W. R. HpARST 

C'orvKicHi igol iiv (imissK-i \ Dunlai' 



THIS BOOK IS INSCRIBED TO 



ARTHUR BRISBANE 



BY HIS FRIEND 



FREDERICK BURR OPPER 



PREFATORY NOTE 



IT will not, I hope, be unbecoming to say, 
here, that the great favor with which these 
pictures have been received, in this country 
and in England, has, naturally, given me much 
pleasure ; and this pleasure is all the greater 
trom the abundant evidence I have had that 
the doings of Willie and his Papa, and Teddy, 
and Johnny Hay, and that Pauncefote Boy, and 
their other friends and familiars have amused 
Republicans and Democrats alike, and (what is 
perhaps, stranger, in the case of political car- 
toons) their womenfolks and children, too. 

To Mr. Hearst, whose papers, the New 
York Evening Journal, the Chicago American^ 
and the San Francisco Examiner, have given my 
pictures their wide circulation, to my fellow- 
workers for their friendly encouragement, and 
to the writers of the many pleasant letters I 
have received about these drawings, I wish to 
express my thanks and gratitude. 

Frederick Burr Opper. 




"Whose 'ittle boy is oo?" 
"I's ooR 'ittle boy!" 




"If Willie is a good boy, and minds Papa and Nuksie, they will try to let him 
keep the pketty house until he is eight yeaes old." 




" See what a lot of money Papa is going to put in Willie's bank, if Willie is good 
and obedient." 



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"What have you got those funny clothes on for, Papa?" 

" I'm getting ready to pose as the Workingman's Friend during the campaign, 
Willie." 




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"Papa, are these stories true that Nursie is telling me?" 

"Never .mixd ■'.vhether they're true or not, Willie; you just keep on believing 
them!" 




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'Yes, Willie, he is for you. Nfrsie ant) T have trained htm." 




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"Yes, Willie, here is a nice little boy nursie and i have found to plat with tob-. 
Treat him kindly, as he is very timid and retiring." 




"Dox't ]!E APKAin, Willie. Papa can hold yor and Teddy up; Papa is very stkong." 




" What's the matter, Willie?" 

"Boo-Hool Teddy and I are playing Parade, and he wants to be at the head, and 

VAKE ME carry THE WATER PAIL." 




"Now, Willie, you and Teddy can have a nice game of peek-a-boo. Papa likes to 

SEE little boys ENJOY THEMSELVES." 




"Yes, Willie, you axb Tebdy must go to NrRsra and get y'our bath. Ni'rste knows 

ALL ABOUT I'SIXG SOAP." 




What's wkong, Willie?" 
'Teddy's making me play 'San Juan Hill' with him, and I'm the Hill." 




" What ails you, Willie?" 

••' Look at that campaign banner that Teddy has painted!" 




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" Don't be frightened, Willie. Papa will look out fok you and Teddy. See what 

A BIG LIFE PRESERVER PaPA'S GOT." 




" What are you crying about now, Willie?" 

" Little Johnny Hay and i are playing imperialism, and Billy Bryan, next door,, 
IS squirting water on us." 




■ That's right, Willie; you and Teddy must always keep step to Papa's fiddle!" 




*' Doif'T MAKE ANY NOISE, WiLLIE. PoOR TeDDY IS VERY ILL. He IS SUFFERING FROM 
THE DISEASE KNOWN AS ' LIMBERJAW," CAUSED BY TALKING TOO MUCH." 




"Yes, Willie, Nursie has had to sit on Teddy. He has been making altogether 

TOO MUCH noise LATELY." 




" Papa, Papa, make Teddy stop! He's playing I'm a Spaniard, and he's shooting 

ME IN THE liACK WITH HIS POPGUN." 




" Why, Willie, what are you doing?" 

" I'm playing I'm a Tax Collector, and Teddy is dodging me. 




" Yes, Willie, this is a rubber toy to amuse you and Teddy. It represents the 
Working Classes. See how Papa pulls its leg." 




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"Well, well, Willie; what is it this time?" 

" We're playing Republican Minstkels, and Teddy wants to be the two End Men 
AND the Middleman, too!" 




" What's distressing you now, Willie?" 

" That Pauncefote boy has buncoed me out of a big piece of jiy cake, and kow he's 
laughing at me." 




"Yes, Willie, it's good exercise for you and Teddy to i-ull Papa in your little 

WAGON; AND PaPA ENJOYS IT, TOO." 




"Yes, Willie, the Elephant is perfectly tame. Nuksie and I have got him com- 
pletely SUBJUGATED." 




"Yes, Willie, Papa was out walking, and that coarse, rude Billy Bryan threw 
KocKS at hiji. He hurt poor Papa awfully." 




"Yes, Willie, Nursie has to suppress Teddy when his kkh uncle is visiting us. 
He says too many foolish things." 




"Yes, Willie, you and Teddy needn't worry. Nursie avill ri: i:a(k soon. She is 

ONLY GOING OVT TO DO SOME SHOPPING. PaPA HAS GIVEN HER A LITTI.K iiX y.ONEY.'" 




" Yes, Willie, that was only one of the common people -we ran ovek dack theek 
He doesn't count." 




"See, Nursie, what a good joke Willie has just written about me. I declare, that 

BOT IS A humorist. He'S ALMOST AS FUNNY AS TeDDY." 




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"Yes, Willie, we'll have a rehearsal of Imperialism for your children's masqtjsr- 

ADE PARTY. You'LL BE HiS MaJESTY, NuRSIE WILL BE THE QUEEN ReGENT, TeDDY WILL BE 

the Master of the Horse, Johnny Hay will be the Chief Plunkey-in-Waiting, littlk; 
Chauncey will be the Court Jester, and I'll be the ExEfUTioNER." 




"NURSIE, NURSIE, COME HERE, QUICK I PoOR PaPA IS HAVING A TERRIBLE NIGHTMASS, 
He's DREAMING THAT BrYAN IS ELECTED." 




"NuRsiE, what's the matter with Papa?" 

"He is apoplectic, Willie, on account of high living, and I've got to bleed him." 




"For goodness sake, Willie, what are you yelling about now?" 
" We're playing Eepublican Politics, and Teddy is showing me what he did to th« 
canal thieves." 




•' Yes, Willie, throwixg at these little figures is Papa's favorite amusement. 
Watch Papa soak 'em." 




" Yes, Willie, it's a portrait of Papa, as Papa will appear before long, if the 

ELECTION GOES THE WAY PaPA HOPES." 




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" Yes, Willie, Papa's saddle horse is very cantankerous lately. I'm afraid he 
won't let Papa ride him much longer.'' 




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" Yes, Willie, Nursie IvS the greatest burlesque stump speaker in the country. Shk 

IS GOING TO challenge ALL COMERS TO A JOINT DEBATE." 




" Yes, Willie, this is the way the Romans treated the cojoion people. Papa is going- 
TO introduce the system into this country, if the election goes the way Papa wants it to." 




"Yes, Willie, Nursie and I are filling up a Full Dinner Pail, for campaign 

PURPOSES, TO catch THE WORKINGMAN. WE THINK HE IS EASY." 




"Yes, Willie, we will have a little drill in militarism. Papa is going to have 
A large standing au-my, if the election goes as Papa hopes. Papa needs it in his bl'SI- 
NESS. 'TEN-SHUN:"" 




"Run fob the doctor, Willie! Nursie has been seized by that terriblb disbasb 

CALLED 'LiMBERJAW,' THAT TeDDY SUFFERS FROM. It MAKES PEOPLE HAVE AN UNCONTROLLA- 
BLE desire TO SAY FOOLISH THINGS." 




" Ybs, Willte, this is Papa's exercisixg machixe. Papa can twist it to beat thk 

BAND." 




"Be as quiet as possible, Willie, poor Teddy is in great trouble. He's trying to 
think of some way of harmonizing his different financial opinions." 




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"What have you got on those spectacles and false whiskers for. Papa?" 
" Papa has got to disguise himself as a harmless old gentleman, Willie, to fool 
the Common People during the campaign. They call Papa ' Honest Old Si ' down town." 




" Goodness me, Willie, what ails you this time?" 

" We're playing Eepublican Campaign Trip, and Teddy's making all the speeches 
from the rear platform, and he says I'm merely a brakeman. " 




" I DECLARE, Willie, I shall die laughino at the funny jokes that hoy Chaunckt 
GETS OFF. Here's a penny for you, ChaunceyI" 




"What on earth are you doing in there, Willie?" 

"Teddy put me in. He says it's the best place for me during the campaign." 




" What is the cause of this uproar, Willie?" 

*' Teddy is showing how he will preside over the Senate if he oets in. I'm 
tHE Senate I" 




"Yes, Willie, Nursie's parrot is a woKDERFrL bird. He talks jfst like Nursie." 




" Yes, Willie, poor Teddy is having trouble with his voice, and we fear he won't 
be able to talk as much as usual for a while. kursie feels very badly about it." 




"Yes, Willie, these little boys are going to march for you. They* haven't got a 

THING but money. ThREE CHEERS FOR 'Em! HiP — HIP — HOORAY !" 




" Papa, Papa, Teddy's got some kind of a fit. He thinks he is being attacked by 
bloodthirsty hobs." 




".Crying again, Willie? What is it now?" 

"Teddy isn't satisfied with hiding his horse; he wants to ride the Elephant, too." 



w-HO v/ON 

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' Why, Willie, tou seem angry. What is xhritating you?" 
Teddy is getting up a 'Hall of Fame,' and I ain't in it." 




"Yes, Willie, this is the new suit Papa expects to wear. There won't ke ant 
Tncle Sam but Papa, when Papa has grabbed the whole country." 




"Another crying spell, Willie? What is the latest trouble?" 
" Look at that chair Teddy has made! He says it's the correct model for a Pres- 
idential ChairI" 




" What the Dickens are you howling about now, Willie?" 

" Teddy paid those two boys five cents apiece to mob hiji, so he could show how 
brave he is. i want to be mobbed, too!" 




"What's going on here, Willie? Teddy seems to be mad about something." 
"Well, he needn't think I'm going to let him do ALL the blowing!" 




" Yes, Willie, we are going to rehearse our Republican Campaign Plat. Nursie 

WILL BE THE GoOD FaIRY WITH THE MaGIC WaND, I'LL BE THE NiCE OlD GENTLEMAN WHO 

GIVES AWAY Full Dinner Pails, Teddy will be the Fearless Knight, and — let's see, 
Willie, you can be one of the trees in the background." 




"Wtiat is Teddy -doing to you now, Willie?" 

" We'KE playing KePUBLICAN EiMPLOYER AND EMPLOYE. I'm THE EmPLOYT:." 




" I don't know what we shall do, Willie, if Nursie keeps on growing. She 

GETTING TO BE THE WhOLE ThING. " 




" Now, Willie, we will practice our Republican Uncle Tom's Cabin Show. I'll bh 
THE Overseer, Nursie will be Little Eva, Teddy will be Topsy, and you'll be Uncle 
Tom." 




"What is distressing you now, Willie?" 

" Teddy is giving a play. He's the star and the whole company, and he's maklno 

ME BE the bill-board." 




"What's the matter, Willie? Yof seem to be slightly perturbed." 

"I'm afraid of those boys Teddy is playing with. He says he'll have them shoot 

ME in the back if I DON'T KEEP QUIET." 




"Yes, Willie, we must hukky up and dig this cycloke cellak; there's a iug storm 

COMIKG." 




"Yes, Willie, tou axd Teddy must sit still and listen to Nursie's Fairy Story. 

NURSIE IS GREAT ON FaIRY StORIES." 




" Now, Willie, we will give our gkeat Republican imitation of a Cikcus Side Show. 
I'll be the Fat Gentleman, Nursie will ije the Ticket Taker, Teddy will be the Wild 
Man of Borneo, little Nathan Scott will be the Living Bad Break, and — er — Willie, 
vou can be the Urbane Attendant who sweeps out the sawdust." 




" Yes, Willie, here comes Johnny Hay and that Pauncefote boy, with their treaty. 
We will now sing 'Rule Britannia.' Teddy, you run out and play with your horsik 
IN the yard. You don't understand English court ceremonials." 




" What's that mournful, -vvailixg noise out in the yakd, Willie?" 
"It's Johnny Hay and that I'auxcefote i;oy. They"ke afhaid theik tkeaty isn't 
going thkough." 




PAPA — " What's the matter, Willie?" 

WILLIE — " CosiE, quick; Johnny Hay's in trouble. 




" Yes, Willie, this is the Official Order of Precedence during the next four 
TEARS. Johnny Hay and that Pauncefote boy have approved it, and they know ali. 
ABOUT Court Etiquette." 




"What are tou and Teddy laughing about, Willie?" 

" Johnny Hay found a nickel, and he doesn't know what it is. He only under- 
stands POUNDS, shillings, AND PENCE. He SAYS HE WANTS TO BE SENT BACK TO DEAR OLD 

London." 




" Willie, you and Teddy will hate to stop associating with Johnny Hay and that 
Pauncefote boy until after election. They are altogether too English. Here's 
another crowned head for you to play with." 




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*' What's going ox here, Willie?" 

" Johnny Hay expects to go back to deak old London soon, and he's packing his 
THINGS. That Pauncefote boy is helping him." 




"You'll hate to keep quiet, Teddy, or leave the room. Willie has the floor at 

PBESENT." 



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"What's the troubu: at the present moment, Willie?" 

"TeDHV I? T^TTNQ ON MY SHOES. He SAYS THEY'LL FIT HIM LIKE THE PAPER ON THE 

»v-all!" 




"Yes, Willie, we will seat Teddy at a side table until fukther notice. He has 

HAD AN idea THAT HE IS THE WhOLE TiIING, AND NOW THAT THK CAMI'AIGN IS OVEK, IT IS 
TIME TO PUT HIM IN HIS PROPER PLACE." 




" Yes, Willie, it is rumored that the PaiNCE of Wales is coming over here next 

YEAR, AND WE MUST TAKE SOME LESSONS IN CoURT MaNNEKS FROM JOHNNY IIaY. ThIS WON'x 
IXTEREST YOU, TeDDY; YOU HAVEN'T GOT ANY MANNERS, ANYWAY." 




"What's Johnny Hay doing there, Willie?" 

"He's painting a portrait of Uncle Sam as he'd like to see him. He says he's 
going to send it to the english royal acadejfy exhibition." 




" Yes, WiiiLiE, NuESiE is coming out as a society leader in Washington, and Johnny 
Hay is givij^g us some lessons in Correct English Deportment. Don't fall over youk 
COAT-TAILS, Teddy; I'm afraid you won't do for these Swagger Functions."' 




"Who's that knocking, Willie?" 

" It's Teddy." 

" Tell him this is our busy day. We haven't got as much time for him as we had 

BEFORE election. ' ' 



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" Yes, Willie, we are interested in the Ship Subsidy Bill, so we will give a little 

PERFORMANCE OF * PiNAFORE. ' NURSIE WILL BE LiTTLE BuTTERCUP, I'LL BE DiCK DeADEYE, 

you'll be THE Admiral, and as Teddy doesn't cut much ice at present, he can be a 

MIDSHIPMITE." 




"Yes, Willie, Papa likes to have those little boys come in to play with you. 
They are being brought up exactly according to Papa's ideas; and, see! Santa Claus 

HAS given them ALL THE RAILROADS IN THE MARKET. ALWAYS ACT ACCORDING TO PaPA'S 

ideas, Willie, and you'll get everything in sight!" 




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"What is causing that expression of settled gloom on Teddy's face, Willie?" 
" I'm plating I'm Napoleon and he's the Aiglon, and he don't like it." 




"Yes, Willie, Papa is preparixg for his great fight with Andy Carnegie for thi 

HEAVYWEIGHT STEEL CHAMPIONSHIP. You'D BETTER GO INTO THE OTHER ROOM; THIS STRENUOUS 
LIFE isn't in your LINE. FaN HARDER, TeDDy!" 




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"What's the row here, Willie?" 

" Teddy is going out to Meeker, Colorado, next week to shoot mountain lions, and 
he's practicing a little beforehand." 




" Yes, Willie, Teddy has just sent us the skin of a mountain lion he killed in 
Colorado. You will notice that every shot took effect. He is going to call his next 
BOOK 'Wild Animals That Have Met Me." 




"What's Willie doing there?" , 

" Oh, he's jealous of Teddy's hunting exploits and he's trying to imitate him. I 

HOPE the old cat WON'T SCRATCH HIM." 




" Yes, Willie, Teddy has sent us this fine photograph of himself as he APrsAM 

WHILE hunting the FEROCIOUS DENIZENS OF THE FOREST SINGLE-HANDED. HE IS GOING TO USB 
IT AS THE FRONTISPIECE OF HIS NEXT BOOK, ' Me AND My GUN.'" 




"Yes, Willie, that is a great curiosity; we'll go in and look at it. I guess Teddi 

WILL be home soon, NOW." 




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"Yes, Willie, Papa is a better hunter than Teddy. Teddy kills game and takes 

THEIK SKINS, BUT PaPA DOESN'T KILL THEM; HE MEREL^f SKINS THEM, AND THEN LETS THEM GO, 
TO GROW MORE SKINS, AND THEN HE SKINS THEM AGAIN. TeDDY HAS LOTS TO LEARN, WiLLIE." 




"Papa, Papa, that Harrison boy and that Twain boy are scolding me !" 

" Don't mind them, Willie; they haven't got a good, kind Papa and a nice Nuesie, 

TQ tell them what TO DO, AS YOU HAVE." 



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